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Poll: Men Like It Hot, Women Like It Nebbishy
Two of Great Britain’s leading Jewish pinup ladies took the lead in an unusual survey of British Jews, probing the weighty question of which celebrity they would most like to date. Women, by contrast, tended to pick nebbishes and lovable losers, suggesting that in England, as in America, men are from Mars and women are…
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Hey Rush, Who You Calling Hollywood Liberal?
Like many of his fellow conservative pundits, Rush Limbaugh has accused critics of the Iraq War of trafficking in antisemitism when they toss around the term “neocon.” “It just means Jews, Republican Jews,” Limbaugh said in one broadcast last year. And what about that favorite conservative boogeyman — “The Hollywood Liberal”? Well, say what you…
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Cracking ‘The Da Vinci Code’
What’s a Jewish boy from Brooklyn doing provoking Christians worldwide? It’s a matter to which Akiva Goldsman didn’t give much thought while adapting “The Da Vinci Code” for the screen. “You sort of have to put your head down and do the work,” the writer told the Forward, “and politics has to come second to…
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Actor ‘Hugs Out’ His Jewish Side
Actor Jeremy Piven sits up straight and smiles when asked how his Jewish upbringing influences his biggest roles — whether it be kinetic super-agent Ari Gold on HBO’s “Entourage,” or the more subdued super-agent Adam Fiedler in the new movie “Keeping Up With The Steins,” a good-hearted satire of materialistic excess in bar mitzvah celebrations….
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Shatner Beams Down to Israel
Eager to get in touch with his Jewish roots — and to lend a helping hand to Israeli children with disabilities — actor William Shatner is “boldly” going to Israel later in the month to assess the condition of the country’s “therapeutic riding centers.” A longtime equestrian, the former “Star Trek” star has in recent…
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Grad Student Discovers Texas Reality, Circa 1867
‘Wanted: Young single woman to cook, clean, launder, sew, garden, milk cows and tend chickens. Some cattle driving required; affinity for searing heat and harsh terrain preferred. Entry-level servant’s job; pay is room, board and passage to the frontier.” It doesn’t sound like an ad that an intelligent, 21st-century feminist would answer. Yet this is…
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When the Anthem Was in Yiddish
The release last Friday of a Spanish version of the “The Star-Spangled Banner” sparked heated debate on radio talk shows and in the blogosphere. Some pundits took to calling the song “The Illegal Alien Anthem.” Even the president has weighed in on the matter. (He’s opposed.) But as one might expect in a country built…
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Magician Takes a Plunge
On May 1, stunt-meister David Blaine dove into an 8-foot-wide “human aquarium” on the plaza in front of New York’s Lincoln Center, where — connected to tubes supplying oxygen and nutrient-rich fluids — he plans to stay until May 8. In a Houdini-esque finale, Blaine plans to take off his oxygen mask, wrap himself in…
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Nod to ‘Angels’ Artist Stirs Feud Over Brandeis Legacy
Louis Brandeis may be rolling over in his grave — the question is, which way: left or right? A flap over an honorary degree at Brandeis University is pitting Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner, an iconic voice of the Jewish left, against Zionist activist Morton Klein, a leading American opponent of Israeli territorial concessions, with…
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SHORTCUTS
After an outcry from Jewish leaders, Polish officials have prevented a theater company from staging a version of the rock opera “Jesus Christ Superstar” on the grounds where the Majdanek concentration camp once stood. “This episode speaks volumes about the need for continuing Holocaust education and for re-sensitizing ordinary Polish citizens to the horrors perpetrated…
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Fiendish Fiddler Finishes First in Cartoon Contest
For the Jewish humorist, satire and a dose of self-deprecation have long proved to be a dependable formula for easy laughs and subversive social commentary. In celebration of this tradition, the Israeli Anti-Semitic Cartoons Contest announced this week a winner in its drive to find a Jewish artist who could produce “the best, sharpest, most…
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